Scotty — #1765 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Scotty

The Social Security Administration has registered 18,899 babies named Scotty between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Scotty currently holds the #1765 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 1,118 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Scotty performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6,075 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Scotty shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,661 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Scotty in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Scotty in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18,899 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.